To control early stage larvae, spray neem seed kernel extract (NSKE) 5% or chlorpyriphos 2.5ml or monocrotophos 2ml or quinolphos 2ml or neem oil 5ml per litre of water.

As the grown up larvae move down to soil to hide during day time, poison bait (1 litre of monocrotophos or 1kg carbaryl + 10kg of rice bran + 1 kg jaggery + 1 litre of water to make the bait in to pellets for one hectare) placement at base of the plants helps in killing the larvae.